On the efficiency of notching technique to reduce EM radiations from PLC networks

Author

Vukicevic, Ana ; Rubinstein, Aviad ; Rubinstein, Abraham ; Rachidi, Farhad

Author_Institution

EMC Group, Swiss Fed. Inst. of Fechnology, Lausanne

fYear

2008

fDate

2-4 April 2008

Firstpage

253

Lastpage

258

Abstract

In this paper, we show the results of laboratory measurements aimed at studying, under controlled conditions, different characteristics of notching in OPERA PLC modems, such as total and effective notch width, notch depth, maximum notch depth, etc. In addition to the laboratory measurements, we made field measurements that showed that the expected notch characteristics are also present in real PLC systems. Our measurements showed that notching is a useful technique to avoid interference with existing services.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; electric field measurement; electromagnetic waves; magnetic field measurement; EM radiations; OPERA PLC modems; PLC networks; field measurements; interference avoidance; notching technique; Bandwidth; Density measurement; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic radiation; Laboratories; Power measurement; Programmable control; RF signals; Turning; EMC; Interference; Notching; PLC; radio amateur;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2008. ISPLC 2008. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Jeju city, Jeju Island

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1975-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1976-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2008.4510434

Filename

4510434